This forest and farmland has several especially good features, making it well worth buying for personal use or for investment and modest development, if the current owner will recognize that present world economics require reduced prices. We're not sure how ready the current rancher is to accept the new realities, but we're willing to take him any offer. This beautiful property is located almost secretly just off the paved road that serves Sabalito and Terras Morenas. It's about 20 minutes from Tilaran. Passing through the 50 yards of forest that densely canopy the entrance road, you see the farm open up before you in its splendid variety of pasture and forest, hill and plateau, with the high hills of the Tilaran Mountains rolling on beyond. There are exciting building sites of various sorts on the finca. Just within the canopied entrance is a wide wooded area that has the broadest vistas. This area is very convenient to the Sabalito road and also has already fruit trees and ornamentals in addition to the indigenous trees that bring abundant wildlife. In the center of the acreage is a large pond, which is constantly refreshed with water from a natural spring. At the southwest side of the pond, the water exits, starting a strong, lovely stream that winds off through the woods. The pond is in a fairly wide valley, largely wooded, and this area would also be a beautiful place to live. While the finca is just past the famous windsurfing end of the lake, and wind turbines on the nearby hills create much of Costa Rica's energy, the property is so thickly screened by bands of indigenous trees on the east side that the seasonal winds are not a problem. The finca is a working ranch and there is a rough-looking farmhouse for employee's family. (The owner actually works another ranch near the village of Los Angeles.) There's community water service, electricity, and telephone service. So, with power, water and easy access by paved road, there would not be difficulties in building a new house or houses on this acreage.

The large pond is constantly refreshed with water from a natural spring.

The spring flows to replenish the pond, which overflows to form a stream on the other end.

The entrance gate is just off the paved Sabalito road.

Just insie the canopied entrance is a broad building site with fruit trees.

The upper acres contain many fruit tees and ornamentals.

On the Lake Arenal side, forest protects against the seasonal winds.

Looking back, one can discern the farm house below the entrance forest.